Gregorio Garda

Gregorio Garda (1665-1741) was a cardinal of Spain.

Biography
Gregorio Garda was born in the Duchy of Milan (present-day northern Italy) in 1665, a Spanish citizen due to Spain's control over most of Italy. Garda became a priest of the Benedictine Order in 1690 and was ordained as a cardinal in 1704. During his tenure as a member of the College of Cardinals and as Archbishop of Legnano, he appropriated funds of the Papal States for the Spanish war effort during the War of the Spanish Succession. Garda's funding of Spain ended when the war ended in 1714, and he died in 1741 at the age of 76.